The Purple and White from Pittsburg, Kansas • 6

THE PURPLE AND WHITE 6 THE PURPLE AND WHITE. The new city hall now being completed, is the finest building in Pittsburg. There will be a circulating public library in this hall that will be a good thing for the education of the people. EDITORIAL STAFF Elmer Noel Editor-in-Chief Claud Parent Local Editor Victor Smith Busines3 Manaers Edwin Coulter SMITH 8c MILLER Have Some Lots for Sale on North Broadway at Half Price. The generosity of the merchants and other advertisers in the city in helping to push along any laudable enterprise is of such an expansive tendency that the columns of the Purple and White have been well filled and may have to be increased during the term.

REPORTORIAL STAFF. Cora Duffield, '01 Joe Gillespie, '02. Clarence Smith, '02. Nina Sneed, '03 Vail Flint, '04. Otis Townsend, '04.

ISSUED MONTHLY. Subscription 25 cents per year. Five cents per copy. We Collect Rentals and Taxes, Loan if Money and Write Insurance, if if if After looking over their books We would ask all our readers to patronize those who advertise in the Purple and White. It will be helping- a common cause 416 NORTH BROADWAY GROUND FLOOR "ESTABLISHED BEFO' DE WAH" EDITORIAL.

the teachers say that there has been an uncommonly good attendance in the classes. Since the first of the year the average has been high a this is uncommonly good and we encourage the pupils in the good effort. Amonu the many publications in Pittsburg, the Purple and White fills the "long felt want." It is distinctly educational and takes pride in calling attention to its tine school privileges. If you want to help a worthy enterprise, See the September report of the city schools. Give close attention to morning announcements.

had to make on account of the lack of room. When completed it will be the best printing office in Kansas. The Headlight is the present publisher for the Purple and White and we wish them suc Mr. Coulter will attend to the athletic notes, and Mr. Smith to the exchanges.

give it a share of your patronage. cess in their new and larger Tins is the first number of the Purple and White. How does it strike you? All the indications point to a most successful year for the Purple and White. The grade cards of the high school have been changed so that they will hold all the four years. Each year has two pages, giving room for all the studies and the name of the teacher.

In the back is room for the parents signature. This is a great improvement over the old card, for the whole four years are in the book for inspection at the same time. A new feature of the High school is the manual training department, consisting of mechanical drawing, wood work and sewing. It a great thing to the students, as they are able to take the work in connection with the regu-ular course. An extended article on the work and growth of the High School M'ill be found on the first page.

While Pittsburg is putting on new cars on its street car lines, Ft. Scott has stopped running The crowded condition of the Pittsburg schools has caused much Good nourishing farm products will be accepted on payment of subscription. Send in your corn and potatoes and get your Purple and White. The citizens of Pittsburg should feel very proud of the honors shown them. On the 17th William Jennings Bryan addressed the people of Pittsburg and on the 29th Theodore Roosevelt will do so.

Thus Pittsburg will receive such honors as many larger cities are denied. Let every one whether democrat or republican, free silver or gold standard, turn out and hear both speakers. The Pittsburg Daily Headlight has within the last three months erected a new building on the corner of Seventh and Broadway. This is the second move they have Pittsburg is growing in population and wealth as the years go by. To keep up with these advancements the Purple and White has nearly doubled with this issue.

comment. The need of another school building is thoroughly felt. Many of the seats have two persons in them, and at this season of the year it is not very pleasant. It is thought that next year all of the Central building will be used for the high school. Already one of the rooms down stairs and the superintendent's office have been turned into recitaiion rooms and there are only two primary grades and one second grade in the building.

Anv assistance rendered the staff of this paper will be greately appreciated and will help to lighten the burden of the over-worked editor..